WeBSurg Newsletter April 2015

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NEWSLETTER APRIL 2015

DEAR_USER

A warm welcome to our April 2015 Newsletter.

To contact us, please click here for WeBSurg.

Yours faithfully,

Prof. Jacques Marescaux,
MD, FACS, Hon FRCS, Hon JSES
President of IRCAD
WeBSurg Editor-in-Chief

THIS MONTH'S FOCUS ON:

SURGERY FOR BILIARY LITHIASIS including:

AN UPDATED ILLUSTRATED TECHNIQUE CHAPTER FOCUSING ON LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy for symptomatic cholelithiasis with or without cholangiogram
D Mutter (France)

NEW VIDEOS

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy for phlegmonous acute cholecystitis
O Perotto, H Jeddou, D Mutter, J Marescaux (France)

Unintentional dissection of the common bile duct
M Ignat, N Malibary, D Mutter, J Marescaux (France)

Laparoscopic common bile duct stone clearance: choledochotomy approach
R Memeo, S Tzedakis, P Pessaux, B Dallemagne, D Mutter, J Marescaux (France)

Single-step bile duct clearance and cholecystectomy
R Memeo, S Tzedakis, A Sportes, P Pessaux, B Dallemagne, D Mutter, J Marescaux (France)

Diagnosis and treatment of symptomatic common bile duct stones following cholecystectomy by means of EUS and ERCP
G Donatelli, F Cereatti, B Meduri (France)

Laparoscopic management of a choledochal cyst in a 5-year-old child
F Becmeur, L Ferrero (France)

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TOPICS OF THE MONTH including:

Leon Katz, MD, FACS

BARIATRIC SURGERY

Lectures

Robotic assisted revisional bariatric surgery
L Katz (United States)

Bariatric and metabolic surgery in adolescents and children
E Dutson (United States)

Endoluminal bariatric treatment
C Lebares (United States)

Portal vein thrombosis in diabetic patients after biliopancreatic diversion
N Scopinaro (Italy)

Critical analysis video

Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass after gastric band removal with severe small bowel adhesions
Shashank Shah, MBBS, MS, FAIS, FMAS (Hon.), FICS (India)

SPLEEN AND PANCREAS SURGERY

Video for download:

Laparoscopic distal splenopancreatectomy for a caudal cystic pancreatic lesion
P Pessaux, R Memeo, H Jeddou, X Untereiner, S Tzedakis, D Mutter, J Marescaux (France)

UPPER GI SURGERY:

Videos

Minimally invasive esophagectomy for caustic esophageal stricture - Thoracoscopy in prone position and laparoscopic gastric pull-up
C Rodríguez-Otero Luppi, C Balagué Ponz, JL Pallarés Segura, E Targarona Soler, V Turrado Rodríguez, M Trias Folch (Spain)

Laparoscopic total gastrectomy and D2 dissection guided by fluorescence imaging system, followed by esophagojejunostomy using an intracorporeal purse-string suture method
HK Yang, SH Kong (South Korea)

THORACIC SURGERY:

Video

Complex left upper lobectomy with lymphadenectomy using a full endoscopic robotic technique
JM Baste, B Bottet, C Peillon (France)

GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY:

Videos

Big rectovaginal endometriotic nodule with right hypogastric nerve entrapment followed by ultra-low rectum discoid resection using a hemorrhoidal stapler
A Wattiez, J Leroy, J Faria, I Argay, F Asencio, L Schwartz, K Afors, R Fernandes, C Meza Paul (France)

Total laparoscopic hysterectomy with bilateral adnexectomy for myoma
A Wattiez, L Schwartz, I Argay, F Asencio, J Faria (France)

Abdominal wall endometriosis
R Fernandes, J Alves, K Afors, A Wattiez (France)

B van Herendael, MD	M Ibrahim, MD
A Setúbal, MD

Experts' opinion

The barbed suture has gained popularity recently. What is your experience with this type of suture and what is your opinion on it?
B van Herendael, MD (Belgium), M Ibrahim, MD (Egypt), A Setúbal, MD (Portugal)

ARTHROSCOPY and ARTHROPLASTY

Lectures

Distal radial ulnar joint (DRUJ) instability due to irreparable TFCC tear
M Haerlé (Germany)

Triangular fibrocartilage complex (TFCC) current concept
T Nakamura (Japan)

Arthroscopic treatment of SLAC wrist I and II by large styloidectomy associated with a tendon autograft interposition arthroplasty tightened as a hammock: technique and preliminary results
M Levadoux (France)

SKULL BASE SURGERY

Lectures

Stereotactic radiosurgery: how it changed skull base surgery
GK Bovis (United States)

Skull base approaches for aneurysm surgery
C Chaalala (Canada)

Endoscopic transclival approaches
S Chibbaro (France)

EACCME-ACCREDITED E-LEARNING ACTIVITIES:

Please visit the following page for any further information: http://www.websurg.com/cme/

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VISIT IRCAD AND WEBSURG AT THE FOLLOWING CONFERENCES

The IRCAD-EITS and WeBSurg will be present as an exhibitor hosted by Karl Storz at the forthcoming events:

SAGES 2015 Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, USA (April 15-18, 2015)
23rd International Congress of the European Association of Endoscopic Surgery (EAES), Bucharest, Romania (June 3-6, 2015)
American College of Surgeons (ACS) Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, USA (October 4-8, 2015)

UPCOMING CONFERENCES

WeBSurg on Covidien's booth at the 132nd Congress of the German Society of Surgeons in Munich, Germany
	From April 28 to May 1, 2015, Covidien, a world leading medical device company, will present their innovative portfolio of surgical products at the largest surgical congress in Germany. Approximately 6,000 physicians of various surgical specialties are expected to attend this congress which will be held at the International Congress Center in Munich (ICM).
For the first time, Covidien will host WeBSurg at its booth. Congress attendants will have the chance to directly try out the WeBSurg platform, learn more about advanced e-learning combined with Covidien selected innovative products. Since years, Covidien has been a close partner of the IRCAD Training center in Strasbourg and was involved in the development of WeBSurg from the very beginning under the leadership of Professor Marescaux.

GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY:

Gyneco-Endoscopy Club, 1st Meeting, May 20-22, 2015, Prague, Czech Republic.
Information: gynendoclub@comtecmed.com
2nd International Winners Meeting, June 12-13, 2015, Troia-Lisbon, Portugal.
Information: info@winnersproject.com
24th Annual ESGE Congress, October 7-10, 2015, Budapest, Hungary.
Information: centraloffice@esge.org

ROBOTIC SURGERY:

Robotic Surgery MasterClass, June 20, 2015, Paris, France.
Information: http://www.masterclass-robotic-thyroid-surgery.com/

IRCAD TRAINING CENTERS IN MIS: NEXT COURSES IN 2015

FRANCE

Intensive Course in Laparoscopic General Surgery
May 18 - 22

Advanced course in Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery
June 18 - 20

TAIWAN

Thoracic Surgery
April 22 - 24

Urological Surgery
May 07 - 09

BRAZIL

Urological Surgery
June 25 - 27

Hepatic Surgery
July 30 - August 1

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